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satīmā
satīmant
masc nom sg of satīmant (adj); masc nom pl of satīmant (adj); masc voc sg of satīmant (adj)
- mindful; fully present; attentive; lit. having memory quality
Built from
- sat — root · memory, mindfulness
From √smṛ via Pali sat- (sati in nom sg). The Sanskrit smṛti and Pali sati both preserve the sense of remembering and, in Buddhist contexts, the recollective awareness that is one of the seven awakening-factors (bojjhaṅga).
- ī — stem · feminine stem marker
The feminine singular nominative of sati, used here as a combining stem (satī-) before the masculine possessive suffix.
- mant — ending · possessing, having
Possessive adjective suffix (like Sanskrit -mant). Compounds the meaning: 'one who possesses sati', hence 'mindful, attentive'. In this nominative and vocative singular form, satīmā shows the standard masculine singular nominative ending -a for -mant adjectives.
Etymology. From sat- (stem of sati 'memory, mindfulness') + -mant (possessive suffix meaning 'having'). Sati is a cardinal Buddhist faculty, etymologically related to Sanskrit smṛti 'remembrance' (from √smṛ 'remember'), cognate with English smirch (to mark in memory) and Greek μνήμη mnḗmē 'memory'. The -mant suffix derives from Indo-European *men- 'to have in mind', the root of English mind and Latin mēns.